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Starving kitties

I come home at different times based on my work schedule. Some days, I'm home at 6:00, others, not til 9:30. Either way, its routine that I give them some food as a snack once I'm home. They meow and trail me like I'm the Pied Piper of cats. Its a parade of cats from the back door to the bedroom (I feed them all in the bedroom due to Callie getting at their food otherwise -- its too high up for her in the bedroom)

Do you kow how many times I come home to poor pitiful straving kitties? Every night. Do you know how many times I go through this dance, only to find there is still food in their bowls from hubby falling prey to their starving kitty dance? 0nce or twice a week.

Now, if they still have food in their bowls, WHY would they tell me they were starving and needed me to feed them?

Mine do the same thing. They always have dry food in their bowls but let me get up to get a drink at night and they are meowing like they haven't eaten since last week. Mine seem to like fresh food. They have been wasting a lot lately. I cannot seem to find the right amount to put into their bowls.

Honeybun is like that when I get home. If it's just Dave, he doesn't make a peep, but as soon as I walk in the door, MROOOOOWWWW!!! and he just goes on and on and on, lol! I don't know why he doesn't bother Dave, but he saves it all up for me and for when I get home, lol. Silly boy!

My RB Meezer Ming demanded that there be fresh kibble in the bowl at all times. The bowl could just have been filled with fresh food an hour ago, but if he would walk away and then come back and decide to eat more of it, then I would get a good "talking to" and in no uncertain terms, that it was no longer fresh enough for him and he would refuse to eat it. I played his game - but my way - and it worked. I would let him see me take one fresh piece of kibble out of the bag and sit it in his dish. He would smell it and thought the whole bowl was fresh and then would proceed to eat what was in the bowl. He was smart, but I learned how to outsmart him in that department!

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Wolfy ~ Fuzzbutt #3

My little dog ~ a heartbeat at my feet

Sparky the Fuzzbutt - PT's DOTD 8/3/2010
RIP 2/28/1999~10/9/2012

Myndi the Fuzzbutt - Mom's DOTD - Everyday
RIP 1/24/1996~8/9/2013

Ellie - Mom to the Fuzzbuttz

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1

The clock of life is wound but once and no man has the power
To know just when the hands will stop - on what day, or what hour.
Now is the only time you have, so live it with a will -
Don't wait until tomorrow - the hands may then be still.
~~~~true author unknown~~~~

My RB Meezer Ming demanded that there be fresh kibble in the bowl at all times. The bowl could just have been filled with fresh food an hour ago, but if he would walk away and then come back and decide to eat more of it, then I would get a good "talking to" and in no uncertain terms, that it was no longer fresh enough for him and he would refuse to eat it. I played his game - but my way - and it worked. I would let him see me take one fresh piece of kibble out of the bag and sit it in his dish. He would smell it and thought the whole bowl was fresh and then would proceed to eat what was in the bowl. He was smart, but I learned how to outsmart him in that department!

Oh that is a good idea! I am going to try the one piece of food and see if it works. Buddy is the spokes-kitty for my three. He loves me up like he hasn't seen me for weeks when I get home from work and I LOVE IT!!!

Now, if they still have food in their bowls, WHY would they tell me they were starving and needed me to feed them?

Silly kitties.

At my house, any food left in the dish when I get home is not acceptable. It is necessary for the food lady (that's me) to remove leftovers and serve fresh food. Preferably from a Fancy Feast can. And at room temperature, and ideally in a dish that has been pre-warmed with hot water. When that is done, I am dismissed! Silly kitty. The good news is that lately this routine has been preceded by some happy mmrrows, purring and headbumpies, which I love.

I've been Boo'd... right off the stage!

Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!

"That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas

Taz was that way. If I even walked near where his food dish was he was meowing his head off at me. And I learned the trick early on too. I would put just a few pieces in his dish, OR I would pour the food from the dish into another dish and then back into the original dish, mixed with some fresh.

Now, for Paizly and Jax they do not meow at me to fill the dish. Jax always has a dish of food in his room. But he prefers to eat Paizly's food. So I do have to check it all the time to make sure there is food in it. He is a PIGGIE!!

Our goal in life should be - to be as good a person as our dog thinks we are.
Thank you for the siggy, Michelle!

This happens when My Cats sense that I have been to the King's Buffet, or Poco Loco or Sobeys and Metros and they just know that I have something
good for them , and I am going to share.
I can stll hear My Michael , My Mister Purr sitting on the Bed MEEEOWING Wheres Mine Dad!!!

They just want to know that you will do as they ask, whether it makes sense or not.

My cats always think that they're starving too. They aren't free fed so they do get fresh food all of the time and canned too. They are so spoiled and they don't even realize it. I also get home at various times during the week and they're always right there demanding to be fed. They always eat first and then I eat later. They sure do have me well trained.